Facilitators and Barriers to Uptake of an Extended Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programme in Ghana
A Qualitative Study of Caregivers and Community Health Workers
Abstract
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) is currently recommended for children under 5 in areas where malaria transmission is highly seasonal. Thi study explored children鈥檚 caregivers鈥� and community health workers鈥� (CHWs) responses to an extended 5-month SMC programme.
13 in-depth interviews and 8 focus group discussions explored optimal and suboptimal 鈥榰ptake鈥� of SMC to examine facilitators and barriers to caregivers鈥� uptake.
This research is supported by the Department for International Development鈥檚 COMDIS鈥揌SD Programme which is led by the University of Leeds
Citation
Antwi GD, Bates LA, King R, Mahama PR, Tagbor H, Cairns M, et al. (2016) Facilitators and Barriers to Uptake of an Extended Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Programme in Ghana: A Qualitative Study of Caregivers and Community Health Workers. PLoS ONE 11(11) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166951